U of H down in College rankings (Houston, Austin: fit in, crime rate)

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by Topaz

There is a big list of criteria that schools use as a guide to try to reach Tier 1 status. Stuff like the quality of their freshman class, their retention and graduation rates, size of their university endowment, research dollars spent, ranking in US News & World Report, etc.

Apparently having a certain percentage of students live on campus is factored in somehow, too, which is why UH spent so much money on Calhoun Lofts.

No merit raises for UH staff this year, though...

You should share those statistics with us.

You didn't get a raise? Well ,the students did

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by XodoX

You should share those statistics with us.

You didn't get a raise? Well ,the students did

I didn't memorize the statistics. It was just presented in a staff meeting so that we would know more about the goals of the university.

Yes, I heard about the tuition increase. Sorry about that!

Other than my comment on City Data, I have tried not to complain about the lack of raises at UH because lots of people in other universities are getting laid off or getting pay cuts. Nothing but bad news in the Chronicle of Higher Education these days...

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by Topaz

I didn't memorize the statistics. It was just presented in a staff meeting so that we would know more about the goals of the university.

Yes, I heard about the tuition increase. Sorry about that!

Other than my comment on City Data, I have tried not to complain about the lack of raises at UH because lots of people in other universities are getting laid off or getting pay cuts. Nothing but bad news in the Chronicle of Higher Education these days...

Well, when are they going to implement those things? The Master Plan is from 07 and it's still been going down for them. I think they even lowered the admissions for some departments ( computer science department, for instance). I don't understand it.

Too bad Rice is such a small University. It would really benefit Houston if they expanded their enrollment.

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by Topaz

There is a big list of criteria that schools use as a guide to try to reach Tier 1 status. Stuff like the quality of their freshman class, their retention and graduation rates, size of their university endowment, research dollars spent, ranking in US News & World Report, etc.

Apparently having a certain percentage of students live on campus is factored in somehow, too, which is why UH spent so much money on Calhoun Lofts.

No merit raises for UH staff this year, though...

Honestly, the president and the university as a whole made a huge mistake building Calhoun lofts. They are too expensive and were built during a rough patch in the economy.
In my opinion, it would have been a much more economical solution to just build an affordable housing building which has some conveniences
(more eats on the bottom floor). To lure tenants, while still keeping the rent price low(relative to the current pricing scheme). This would have encouraged a good number of students to at least consider moving on campus. As of right now Calhoun lofts is basically empty and the student body is forced to pay more in tuition for the University's blunder

The University of Houston for a long time has been a "safety" school for most top 30% high school graduates(true for my little brother also). It is not really a school that people aspire to enroll in. It's a school where a large portion of the student body is individuals who decided to go back to school and get a degree. It works out for them because they can just commute for their class times and then go back to their normal lives.

Honestly, it is very ambitious to propose that the school jump all the way from Tier 4 to a Tier 1 school. The way the school is run it is hard for me to imagine that they will become a Tier 1 school any time soon.

I see many factors that hold the school back on a day to day basis, from becoming an elite school.

It just ain't gonna happen... anytime soon anyway.

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by XodoX

Too bad Rice is such a small University. It would really benefit Houston if they expanded their enrollment.

Rice is an elite school... and it would be far below them to benefit Houston, if they opened up their enrollment... it would make the school look bad. That is where UH comes in... you basically need a pulse and you get accepted to UH.

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

Honestly, the president and the university as a whole made a huge mistake building Calhoun lofts. They are too expensive and were built during a rough patch in the economy.
In my opinion, it would have been a much more economical solution to just build an affordable housing building which has some conveniences
(more eats on the bottom floor). To lure tenants, while still keeping the rent price low(relative to the current pricing scheme). This would have encouraged a good number of students to at least consider moving on campus. As of right now Calhoun lofts is basically empty and the student body is forced to pay more in tuition for the University's blunder

The University of Houston for a long time has been a "safety" school for most top 30% high school graduates(true for my little brother also). It is not really a school that people aspire to enroll in. It's a school where a large portion of the student body is individuals who decided to go back to school and get a degree. It works out for them because they can just commute for their class times and then go back to their normal lives.

Honestly, it is very ambitious to propose that the school jump all the way from Tier 4 to a Tier 1 school. The way the school is run it is hard for me to imagine that they will become a Tier 1 school any time soon.

I see many factors that hold the school back on a day to day basis, from becoming an elite school.

It just ain't gonna happen... anytime soon anyway.

How do you know they are having problems renting it out? I kinda thought so. I know a friend who just called them to check them out and they would call him 5+ times to see when he was gonna move in and stuff lol.

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

Rice is an elite school... and it would be far below them to benefit Houston, if they opened up their enrollment... it would make the school look bad. That is where UH comes in... you basically need a pulse and you get accepted to UH.

I didn't say they should open it up, but they should expand it. I think they want to keep it small... even though they could attract enough qualified students.

[Huckleberry3911948]

i am sorry to hear that-- i was almost accustomed to no longer hearing-- say you are from cougar hi ---arent cha.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

Honestly, the president and the university as a whole made a huge mistake building Calhoun lofts. They are too expensive and were built during a rough patch in the economy.
In my opinion, it would have been a much more economical solution to just build an affordable housing building which has some conveniences
(more eats on the bottom floor). To lure tenants, while still keeping the rent price low(relative to the current pricing scheme). This would have encouraged a good number of students to at least consider moving on campus. As of right now Calhoun lofts is basically empty and the student body is forced to pay more in tuition for the University's blunder

It wasn't the current president who decided to build Calhoun Lofts.

Originally Posted by XodoX

How do you know they are having problems renting it out? I kinda thought so. I know a friend who just called them to check them out and they would call him 5+ times to see when he was gonna move in and stuff lol.

It is common knowledge that UH has had trouble filling the building. Hopefully the debt service on this building won't cause painful budget cuts somewhere else as has been threatened.

[XodoX]

Well, that was on May 7th. Who knows if it's still the same?

Apparently, the move worked - Javier Hidalgo, associate director of housing, told us that as of yesterday 60 percent of the rooms had been applied for.